The Misnomer of the Tea Party
As one gets older, memories merge and memories blur and sometimes, what you remember as fact, turns out to be a fiction and not a fact at all. Take the Boston Tea Party as an…
Articles by vickie
Strike One!
As of this evening, the debt ceiling compromise bill has been pass by the House and is awaiting a vote in the Senate. If Congress manages to pass the ‘compromise’ debt-ceiling bill, the Teapublicans will…
MSM — Not Really Liberally-Biased
Missing from the MSNBC afternoon line-up of late is Cenk Ugyar and I really miss his commentary. I wondered what happened, so I did some checking. Well, it appears he “offended Washington” … that “they”…
Fighting Back Against Shock
Naomi Klein, author of “The Shock Doctrine” believes the best way to deal with shock, and not just physical shock, but political and economic shock as well, is to know and understand what is happening…
My Take on Social Security
We’ve been hearing from the other side of the aisle for some time now that Social Security is ‘broke’ and that it needs to be fixed. Maybe it’s semantics and the Republicans are using the…
Rep. Ryan’s Budget and its Path to Poverty
Rep. Paul Ryan’s Budget (HConRes34) was passed by the House [Yea: 235 Republicans / Nay: 189 Democrats + 4 Republicans (Jones/McKinley/Paul/Rehberg)] on 4/15/2011 at 2:35 PM EDT. Rep. Ryan may claims he is going to…
The Continuing Saga: GOP’s War on Women
I oppose H.R. 3: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act because I am a woman, and I adamantly believe that Government has no place in my Doctor’s office dictating what decisions I can make. The…
It’s ALL about the Constitution?
Gavel in hand, Rep John Boehner (R-OH), the 53rd Speaker of the House pledged “to give government back to the people.” Yeah right, and if you believe that, I have this ….. you fill in…
Something’s Amiss with Judge Recommending Settlement
Reposted from “Friends of Black Rock” blog: Judge Recommends Humboldt County Accept Settlement for Jungo Landfill from Recology Legal Team, her Former Law Partner Nevadans Against Garbage, a grass roots organization formed to stop Recology’s…
The Non-Stop Circus to Continue
The 2010 Census has been published, and it’s now official, Nevada has won a 4th seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. With Nevada’s population at approximately 2.8 million, up 35.1% from the 2000 Census…